The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1887-05-26

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and discharged at, in and
upOu himself, herewith and thereby
infiieting q mortal Wound IN and
upon his head, about one ana one
half (I1s) inches above the right eye,
Of which mortal wound he then and
there instantly died.
In testimony whereof the said iur-
orr have hereto set their hands the
day and year last aforesaid.
A. c. WAIT,
E. g. EBLING,
w. r. HOUsTON,
T. a. BRANEFF, -
j. w. ARMSTRONG,
J. H. TAYLOR.
!, NJ. J. Brown, coroner, do hereby
certify that the above and foregoing
is the verdict fOnnd in the above i'm
quisitiOn by said jurors.
NJ. J. Brown,
Coroner Of Saline county.
We might add in this connection
the facts OF q circumstance which
have just come to light, and give
them for what they are worth. II
remains TO be seen whether they will
have any bearing on this most mys-
teriOus affair sr not. Hearing q ru-
NOR afiOat that a man had myster-
iOusly disappeared from the Pacific
house about the 10th Of May, a repre-
sentative Of the JOURNAL called on
Mr.. PostleWaIte, from whom he ellie
tied the following information:
On the 28th Of April Jessie A. Din
widdle and his cousin, J. A. Din
widdIe, registered at the Pacific
house from Kansas City. They re-
msined here until the 10th Of Nav,
when Jessie DInwiddle called for his
bill, saying that he had received a
telegram from his folks in the east,
that some Of them were sick and he
must leave Immediately. After pay
ing his own bill he asked the clerk
where his cousin was, and finding
that he had not been there for sew
eral days, inquired whether or not
he had paid his bill. Upon being
Informed by the clerk that his
cousins bill was unpaid, he prOfane-
ly remarked; damn IL, he Is al
ways sticking me for his bills. 1t is
that way everywhere we CO." Mr..
Jessie DinwIddie then left, but what
became Of the cousin is not known.
Mr.. POstleWaits could not give
very definite description OF the man,
as he says he saw but little Of him
while here. These are the facts as
near as we could get them.
Learning that the label referred 10
bore the name initials and ALI Of
Mrs. Lay, who conducts q boarding
house ON the southeast corner Of
Santa Fe avenue and Walnut street,
we called upon that lady for the
purpose Of ellcitlng any further in
formation that might be gained. Re
ferring to the label and the pieces Of
the Kansas City Ners found and
stating that the man must have stop
ped ut her house, she said that about
four weeks ago two mel, Jumped"
their board bill, and she said one Of
them spoke Of having been at Lafay-
ette, Ind. and the other talked about
having been at ElkhArt, Ind, which
may have n connection with the Ell
yelOpe Of the travellers insurance
policy issued at Lafayette, which
was found In the pocket Of the man.
and Wasz referred to in lest
Sunday mornings JOURSAL. Tie
two men claimed they came pr,
viOusly from Ohio. which the
stated to be- their home. They
seemed also to be cOuversant with
man named Hayden, who was
running patent tanning process in
Salina four to six weeks since, aud
subsequently at Nasby, In this
county, and who we understand has
since started a tannery at a small
town In the southern part of the
state. We do not know that this
matter has any connection with the
dead man. except that he possessed
himself In some way with a copy Oi
the Kansas city News to which Mrs.
Lay is a subscriber, and yet it may
serve as q considerable clue.